Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla) feeding whilst standing on reed. Oman, March.

Julian Hume / Illustration of extinct Ralph's crake (Porzana ralphorum) feeding alongside Lightfoot crabs (Grapsus tenuicrustatus) in a coastal forest. O'ahu, Hawaii.

David Tipling / Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla) looking for food by people's feet, Sunderland, UK May 1989

David Tipling / Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla) Sunderland, UK May 1989

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla) among reeds, Oman, February

David Tipling / Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) vagrant species, Stodmarsh, Kent, UK.

David Tipling / Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) Greece, May.

Brent Stephenson / Adult Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla affinis) creeping out through shallow water from the edge of the vegetation. Lake Benmore, Otago, New Zealand, December.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla) feeding, Oman, January

Jack Dykinga / Sora crake (Porzana carolina) walking along a submerged log in marshland, Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, Arizona, USA. January.

Andy Trowbridge / Marsh crake (Porzana pusilla) foraging for bloodworms, Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand.